Feel like a failure. Found out today I have GD

Feel like a failure. Found out today I have GD at 30weeks pregnant. I wasn't diabetic before pregnancy. I am an RN and know about the complications, so i lost 25lbs prior to insemination. I lost 15lbs over the first 5 months of pregnancy due to N&V. I have been really cautious about eating habits. And I am still 5 pounds under my pre pregnancy weight now. I tried so hard to make sure I haven't gained any excessive weight and have been eating very healthy. I don't know where I went wrong? Why I weigh less? I have been on steroids for my asthma and I don't know if that could have stimulated it. I know steroids affect sugar but doc states not that much. I am so embarrassed and don't want anyone to know. Have a bleeding disorder and c sections are NOT recommended. My baby is already 4.7lbs at 30 weeks. So scared.

Feel like a failure. Found out today I have GD at 30weeks pregnant. I wasn't diabetic before pregnancy. I am an RN and know about the complications, so i lost 25lbs prior to insemination. I lost 15lbs over the first 5 months of pregnancy due to N&V. I have been really cautious about eating habits. And I am still 5 pounds under my pre pregnancy weight now. I tried so hard to make sure I haven't gained any excessive weight and have been eating very healthy. I don't know where I went wrong? Why I weigh less? I have been on steroids for my asthma and I don't know if that could have stimulated it. I know steroids affect sugar but doc states not that much. I am so embarrassed and don't want anyone to know. Have a bleeding disorder and c sections are NOT recommended. My baby is already 4.7lbs at 30 weeks. So scared.

Even skinny healthy people can get gestational diabetes. Being overweight/poor eating habits make you more at risk but my diabetes counselor is the picture o health and she still gets GD. Don't beat yourself up about it. All you can do now is do your best to control your blood sugar, which I believe is harder to do on steroids. All good things to talk to your OB about. Good luck!

Even skinny healthy people can get gestational diabetes. Being overweight/poor eating habits make you more at risk but my diabetes counselor is the picture o health and she still gets GD. Don't beat yourself up about it. All you can do now is do your best to control your blood sugar, which I believe is harder to do on steroids. All good things to talk to your OB about. Good luck!

I had gd with my first pregnancy and I was very thin my whole life. My Ob said as another poster said its the placenta and liver. Your body goes through such incredible changes during pregnancy. After I delivered my daughter, my sugars went back to normal and 3 months after my pcp did a hemoglobin a-1C and that was normal. If you are eating healthy now you will make the adjustments well and NYSE diet and exercise is all that is needed for you. I was on glyburide and hope to never be on it again.

I had gd with my first pregnancy and I was very thin my whole life. My Ob said as another poster said its the placenta and liver. Your body goes through such incredible changes during pregnancy. After I delivered my daughter, my sugars went back to normal and 3 months after my pcp did a hemoglobin a-1C and that was normal. If you are eating healthy now you will make the adjustments well and NYSE diet and exercise is all that is needed for you. I was on glyburide and hope to never be on it again.

I had a baby 7 months ago and was 130 pound pre pregnancy VERY healthy eating habbits and work out. I am also 26 years old and only gained a total of 20 pound in that pregnancy and was diagnosed with GD in it. it is raelly not a big deal and silly to say that you feel like a failure thats pretty extreme to say about somthing you cannot control ... it is controled by the placenta and all teh extra hormones in it... it also is a warning that if you get over weight or unhealthy in the future you are at risk of diabetes. Your an RN you probably have a lot of acess to information on this you should read up on it if you are really concerned. YES there are complications that can happen but as long as you eat healthy (low carb intake and no sugar) and walk after you eat youll be fine...my baby was healthy and I controled it with diet an excersize...and I dont feel like a failure.

I had a baby 7 months ago and was 130 pound pre pregnancy VERY healthy eating habbits and work out. I am also 26 years old and only gained a total of 20 pound in that pregnancy and was diagnosed with GD in it. it is raelly not a big deal and silly to say that you feel like a failure thats pretty extreme to say about somthing you cannot control ... it is controled by the placenta and all teh extra hormones in it... it also is a warning that if you get over weight or unhealthy in the future you are at risk of diabetes. Your an RN you probably have a lot of acess to information on this you should read up on it if you are really concerned. YES there are complications that can happen but as long as you eat healthy (low carb intake and no sugar) and walk after you eat youll be fine...my baby was healthy and I controled it with diet an excersize...and I dont feel like a failure.

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